Hostess of San Carlos Palace

Hostess of San Carlos Palace
Last in role Soledad Román de Núñez until April 1, 1886
Style	Madam
Residence	San Carlos Palace
Inaugural holder	Manuela Sáenz

The Hostess of San Carlos Palace it was the unofficial role held by the spouses of the head of state of Colombia from 1819 until 1886 when the role was merged with that of first lady of Colombia. Twenty-one women served as presidential hostesses: Four during the Gran Colombia, eight during the New Granada, four during the Granadine Confederation, and ten during the United States of Colombia.

List

Portrait	Name	Tenure	President (Husband or Partner, unless noted)
	Manuela Sáenz December 27, 1797 – November 23, 1856[1][2]	16 February 1819 – 27 April 1830	Simón Bolívar
	María Josefa Hurtado[3]	May 12, 1833 – April 1, 1835	Joaquín Mosquera
	Dolores Vargas París[4]	September 4, 1830 – April 30, 1831	Rafael Urdaneta
	Sixta Pontón de Santander April 2, 1792 – July 20, 1862[5][6]	October 7, 1832 – April 1, 1837	Francisco de Paula Santander
	María Antonia del Castillo	April 1, 1837 – April 1, 1841	José Ignacio de Márquez
	Amelia Mosquera Arboleda	April 1, 1841 – April 1, 1845	Pedro Alcántara Herrán
	Mariana Benvenuta Arboleda	April 1, 1845 – April 1, 1849	Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
	María Dorotea Durán	April 1, 1849 – April 1, 1853	José Hilario López
	Timotea Carvajal Marulanda	April 1, 1853 – April 17, 1854	José María Obando
	María Mercedes Cabal September 25, 1819 – May 4, 1904[7]	August 7, 1855 – August 7, 1857	Manuel María Mallarino
	Enriqueta Vásquez de Ospina	May 22, 1857 − March 31, 1861	Mariano Ospina Rodríguez
	Sofía Mosquera y Hurtado	July 10, 1861 − July 18, 1861 Acting	Julio Arboleda Pombo
	Mariana Benvenuta Arboleda	July 18, 1861 − April 8, 1864	Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
	Ana Roma y Cabarcas	April 8, 1864 − April 1, 1866	Manuel Murillo Toro
	Hermelina Concha de Gutiérrez	April 1, 1968 − April 1, 1870	Santos Gutiérrez
	Sinforosa Florez Mateus	April 1, 1870 − April 1, 1872	Eustorgio Salgar
	Ana Roma Y Cabarcas	April 1, 1872 − April 1, 1874	Manuel Murillo Toro
	Tadea Triana Silva	April 1, 1874 − April 1, 1876	Santiago Pérez Manosalva
	Lastenia Díaz Murillo	April 1, 1976 − April 1, 1878	Aquileo Parra
	Dolores Carvajal Murillo	April 1, 1878 − April 1, 1880	Julián Trujillo Largacha
	Soledad Román de Núñez October 6, 1835 – June 19, 1924	April 1, 1880 − April 1, 1882	Rafael Núñez m. July 14, 1877
	Dolores Orbegozo de Zaldúa	April 1, 1882 − December 21, 1882	Francisco Javier Zaldúa
	Mercedes González de Otálora	December 21, 1882 − April 1, 1884	José Eusebio Otalora
	Soledad Román de Núñez October 6, 1835 – June 19, 1924	April 1, 1884 − April 1, 1886	Rafael Núñez m. July 14, 1877

See also

• First Lady
• List of first ladies of Colombia

Notes

References

1. Masur, Gerhard (1949). ""The Liberator is Immortal"-An Unknown Letter of Manuela Saenz". The Hispanic American Historical Review. 29 (3): 380–383. doi:10.2307/2508458. ISSN 0018-2168. JSTOR 2508458.
2. Lyons, Mathew (2020-07-07). "The Liberator's Saviour is 'Buried'". History Today. Vol. 70, no. 7. p. 26. Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2021-06-09. Bolívar called her la amable loca, the dear madwoman.
3. "The Mosquera and Arboleda families and the Bolivar project (1821-1830)". scielo.org.co. July 1, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
4. Rodríguez Jiménez, Pablo (September 14, 2011). "Las mujeres en la independencia de Colombia". revistacredencial.com. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
5. "Sixta Tulia Pontón y Piedrahita n. 2 Abr 1792 Soacha, , Cundinamarca, Colombia f. 28 Jul 1861 Santa Fe de Bogotá, , Cundinamarca, Colombia". www.sologenealogia.com. Archived from the original on June 22, 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
6. "AMORES CONTRARIADOS DE SANTANDER:". Revista Credencial (in Spanish). 2 October 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
7. Velasco Madriñán, Luis Carlos. Efraín y María: historia y leyenda. Editado por Impr. Márquez, 1954